The internet is now a key part of any protest campaign – including the battle to ensure Bank of England cash featured a woman other than the QueenUntil I saw reports approximately Winston Churchill being introduced as the new face of the five pound note,I’d never given bank notes much thought. But on reading that he’d be replacing the prison reformer Elizabeth Fry I realised this meant that, other than the Queen, or there wouldn’t be any women on sterling at all.
It was only a few months since I’d set up the Women’s Room,which explores female representation, and I was acutely aware of how often women enjoy been excised from our history in the past. I didn’t think there was any Machiavellian intent in the Bank of England’s decision but the oversight made me inflamed and I wanted to get a stand. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com